inpatient rehabilitation spinal cord injury

Inpatient Rehabilitation

Determined2Heal Tips:

• Bring a video camera to your physical therapy visits so that you can develop your own personal home video therapy program

• Learn as much he possibly can about your specific condition

• Focus on trying to move different parts of your body. This is known as cognitive biofeedback.  To learn more about the importance of cognitive biofeedback click here

Inpatient rehabilitation is one of the most important times in a newly injured person's life.  Unfortunately, when I had my spinal cord injury I knew nothing about life with paralysis. My body was going down a road that would be impossible to heal from.  In order to ensure the best possible recovery when the cure does come, it is essential to keep the body as healthy as possible.  During inpatient rehabilitation one learns how to take care of their new body.  Remember to ask your physical therapist to focus on the whole body rather than focusing on just functional activity.  Most spinal cord injury only affect one vertebrae.  Disrupting the communication above and below one's level of injury.  The injured area creates a wall that does not allow the two sides to communicate at 100%.  A metaphor that I feel sums up a spinal cord injury is the idea that above one's level of injury the cord is speaking English and below the level of injury it is speaking Spanish.  The only way one's body can reeducate the injured area is to exercise both above and below the injured region.  Exercise acts as a translator and keeps the body in an optimal condition.

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Disclaimer: This page contains observations and information from the personal experiences of Josh Basile. It is not intended as a substitute for the guidance and advice of trained medical professionals. Determined2Heal recommends that you always seek out guidance from healthcare professionals before partaking in any treatment.